• 1984@lemmy.today
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    27 天前

    Should lead to increased apple profits, maybe? Actually don’t know. Foxconn slave camps are very cheap, even with the nets installed to catch the suiciding child workers.

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        27 天前

        China isn’t the dependable partner it used to be. Basing your entire supply chain in China introduces too much risk. Apple has been sourcing production to other countries for a while.

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      27 天前

      The nets aren’t to save the ones jumping but to keep them from smashing anyone else when they hit. Sad but true: sometimes suicides from a great height strike and kill someone else walking by.